Essays about: "house cricket"

Showing result 11 - 11 of 11 essays containing the words house cricket.

  1. 11. Nutritional value of some insects and their impact on post weaning diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Therese Schönborg; [2017]
    Keywords : black soldier fly; house cricket; mealworm larvae; chitin; chitosan;

    Abstract : Insects like Black soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens), Mealworm larvae (Tenebrio Molitor) and House cricket (Acheta Domesticus) are of interest as possible sources of protein to be fed to monogastic animals like pigs and poultry, as they are all thought to have nutrient compositions similar to soybean- or fish meal. This is of interest as the demand for high quality protein is increasing in time with the growing world population. READ MORE